re: #443 Dianna

Guilt and shame are inculcated by one’s upbringing. One’s conscience is (in normal people, not sociopaths or psychopaths) a grown thing, and one answers to it. It hasn’t much to do with worrying about what the gods make of one’s thoughts.

In other words, one feels guilty to oneself.

I’m a Christian, my husband is agnostic. When stuff goes wrong in our families it’s a guilt-fest from both of us.